COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF HIGH

COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

High Commissioner Urges All Parties in Iraq

Conflict to Respect Human Rights Norms at all Times

(Reissued as received.)

FIFTY-NINTH SESSION OF COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS GENEVA,

17 MARCH TO 25 APRIL 2003

Information for Media Coverage of the Session

GENEVA, 12 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-ninth session from Monday, 17 March to Friday,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS CONNECTION BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE,

CONTROL OF GREENHOUSE GASES, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY

Following is the message of General Assembly President Jan Kavan
(Czech Republic) on World Meteorological Day, observed 23 March:

CULTURE OF ‘CARING, SPARING AND SHARING’ MUST BE PROMOTED TO ENSURE CLEAN WATER

FOR ALL, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON WORLD WATER DAY

Following is the message of General AssemblyPresident Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) on World Water Day, observed 22 March:

NEW UNITED NATIONS DEMOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK 2000 ISSUED; PROVIDES

VITAL STATISTICS FOR MORE THAN 233 COUNTRIES, AREAS

‘MY THOUGHTS TODAY ARE WITH THE IRAQI PEOPLE’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

PLEDGING UN ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AS THEY FACE ‘YET ANOTHER ORDEAL’

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Iraq:

Today, despite the best efforts of the international community and the United Nations, war has come to Iraq for the third time in a quarter of a century.

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Security Council heard a report by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Tuliameni Kalomoh, on the situation in the Central African Republic.

Members of the Security Council strongly condemned the coup d’état on

Security Council

4723^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1468 (2003)

OUTER SPACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO MEET IN VIENNA, 24 MARCH-4 APRIL

To Discuss Spacecraft and Other Matters Relating to Space Law

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

BUSINESS TO BRIEF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ON BOLSTERING CROSS-BORDER

INVESTMENT, SETTLING NATIONAL DEBT CRISES, 21 MARCH